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The 2012 U.S. Cellular Texas League All-Star Game that will be played on June 28 at Tulsa's ONEOK Field will have a definite hometown feel to it. Texas League President Tom Kayser announced the rosters for the 76th annual game today and the North Division squad includes eight Tulsa Drillers.

The eight Tulsa representatives that will play for the North Division in the contest are Nolan Arenado, Josh Rutledge, Lars Davis, Ben Paulsen, Edwar Cabrera, Dan Houston, Nick Schmidt and Coty Woods. In addition, the Drillers staff of manager Duane Espy, pitching coach Dave Schuler, hitting coach Kevin Riggs and trainer Austin O'Shea will handle the North Division squad for the game.

Third baseman Arenado, shortstop Rutledge and catcher Davis will be starters in the game, while Paulsen will be a reserve first baseman. The starting pitcher for the game will be announced later.

Players for the two teams are chosen through voting by Texas League managers and media members.

The eight representatives tied Tulsa with Frisco for the most players in the marquee game. The RoughRiders also placed eight players on the South Division roster.

The North Division team includes players from the Drillers, Arkansas Travelers, Northwest Arkansas Naturals and Springfield Cardinals.

The South Division roster consists of players from the Corpus Christi Hooks, Frisco RoughRiders, Midland RockHounds and San Antonio Missions.

This year's game looks to be one of the best in recent years, with a number of highly rated prospects slated to play in the game. The rosters include four players that are considered the top minor league prospects in their respective major league organizations, as ranked by MLB.com.

Those four players include Tulsa's Arenado who is now the number one prospect in the Colorado Rockies system. Jean Segura of Arkansas is number one for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Jurickson Profar of Frisco is listed number one for the Texas Rangers and Jonathan Singleton of Corpus Christi is ranked number one for the Houston Astros.

Other highly ranked prospects voted to participate in the game are Oscar Taveras (#3 prospect for St. Louis), Kolten Wong (#4 for St. Louis), Mike Olt (#3 for Texas), Jonathan Villar (#4 for Houston), Trevor Rosenthal (#7 for St. Louis) and Brett Oberholtzer (#7 for Houston).

The South Division team will be managed by San Antonio's staff that includes manager John Gibbons, coach Tom Tornincasa and trainer Nathan Stewart.

Festivities surrounding the game will include the pre-game First Fidelity Bank Home Run Derby that will crown a Texas League Champion and a High School Champion. Baseball Hall of Fame member Whitey Herzog is scheduled to throw out one of the game's ceremonial first pitches, and the Grammy nominated group Hanson will sing the National Anthem. The largest Fireworks Show of the year at ONEOK Field is scheduled for after the game.

Tickets remain available and are now on sale through TulsaDrillers.com, in person at the ONEOK Field Ticket Office or over the telephone at (918)744-5901.

The complete rosters for both squads are listed below.

2012 Texas League All-Star Teams

North Division All-Star Team

South Division All-Star Team

Starting Position Players

PLAYER

POS

TEAM

PLAYER

POS

TEAM

Lars Davis

C

Tulsa

Ali Solis

C

San Antonio

Johnny Whittleman

1B

NW Arkansas

Nate Freiman

1B

San Antonio

Kolten Wong

2B

Springfield

Jose Martinez

2B

Corpus Christi

Nolan Arenado

3B

Tulsa

Mike Olt

3B

Frisco

Josh Rutledge

SS

Tulsa

Jurickson Profar

SS

Frisco

Yem Prades

OF

NW Arkansas

Jeremy Barfield

OF

Midland

Oscar Taveras

OF

Springfield

Engel Beltre

OF

Frisco

Carlo Testa

OF

NW Arkansas

Shane Peterson

OF

Midland

Ben Paulsen

DH

Tulsa

Jonathan Singleton

DH

Corpus Christi

Reserve Position Players

PLAYER

POS

TEAM

PLAYER

POS

TEAM

Audry Perez

C

Springfield

Zach Zaneski

C

Frisco

Mario Lisson

INF

NW Arkansas

Anthony Aliotti

INF

Midland

Jermaine Curtis

INF

Springfield

Dean Anna

INF

San Antonio

Jean Segura

INF

Arkansas

Jonathan Villar

INF

Corpus Christi

Roberto Lopez

OF

Arkansas

Conner Crumbliss

OF

Midland

Pitchers

PLAYER

POS

TEAM

PLAYER

POS

TEAM

Keith Butler

RHP

Springfield

Carlos Pimentel

RHP

Frisco

Josh Sullivan

RHP

Tulsa

Jake Brigham

RHP

Frisco

Dan Houston

RHP

Tulsa

Kevin Chapman

LHP

Corpus Christi

Patrick Keating

RHP

NW Arkansas

Jeremy McBryde

RHP

San Antonio

Justin Marks

LHP

NW Arkansas

Barret Loux

RHP

Frisco

Ariel Pena

RHP

Arkansas

Ross Seaton

RHP

Corpus Christi

Trevor Rosenthal

RHP

Springfield

Jonathan Ortiz

RHP

Midland

Nick Schmidt

LHP

Tulsa

Murphy Smith

RHP

Midland

A.J. Schugel

RHP

Arkansas

Jason Stoffel

RHP

Corpus Christi

Coty Woods

RHP

Tulsa

Jarred Cosart

RHP

Corpus Christi

Coaches

NAME

POS

TEAM

NAME

POS

TEAM

Duane Espy

Mgr.

Tulsa

John Gibbons

Mgr.

San Antonio

Kevin Riggs

Coach

Tulsa

Randy Johnson

Coach

Dave Schuler

Coach

Tulsa

Damion Easley

Coach

Austin O'Shea

Trainer

Tulsa

Nathan Stewart

Trainer

San Antonio

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